I'm gonna get myself connected.....

Two posts this quick? I know its crazy!

Everytime I go looking for a wireless access points (WAPs) that song from Stereo MC's always pops in my head. Well, I can't get rid of the song but at least now I have a way of finding free internet access no matter where I am.

Just hop over to wififreespot (http://www.wififreespot.com/), click on the appropriate state and voila, all the free interweb that's available. I use this site all the time especially since I travel so much. It gives me a breakdown of WAPs in all the major cities (and even some of the minor ones). Best of all? Its totally free. Just cut an paste into a word document that you leave on your laptop and you're all square. Go be free and surf my minions!

God of War in my pocket, does it get any better?

Get your minds out of the gutter. God of War is not the nickname for my pants soldier. But now that I think about it...maybe that's for another post. No, I'm referring to the latest edition of the award winning "God of War" (GOW) game series. Yes, it has been a wicked long (yes I'm an official New Englander now) time since my last post. Partly to be blamed on work (I could get so much more done if I didn't have to go to a "job") and then I contracted this season's flu that turned into an upper respiratory infection (giving me a glimpse of what I would sound like as a 65 year old smoker!!). So once again, outside forces conspired against my blogging.

The one highlight from being on my deathbed was that I had plenty of time on my hands to do nothing but play the latest version of God of War "Chains of Olympus" for PSP (and yes this is a screenshot from the game).
Thank goodness I now have a REAL gaming reason to show off my PSP. This game is gorgeous and doesn't lose a set to its console brethren. The guys over at Ready at Dawn studios (they've given us a revamped Jak and Daxter) give us a new game in the Kratos storyline. Yes, our favorite all white and swirly tattooed Spartan is back and he's as pissed as ever. Kratos makes Leonidas from "300" look like a girl. This title lets us see/play as Kratos years before he threw himself off a cliff in the first God of War for PS2 game. This isn't a port mind you but a brand new title for PSP with new monsters, environments and interactions with the Gods.

Its hard to beleive that you can get the same "big game feel" of a sweeping massive world filled with things to be killed on the PSP screen. The combat is as stylish as ever and well executed. There was a lot of concern that since the PSP is short a thumbstick to its PS2 (and PS3) big brother that the game wouldn't feel the same. No worries here about gameplay/combat at all. Its as engaging as ever and after you figure out the button combos that let you "roll" out of the way, you're good to go!

As you'd expect, there's tons of blood and guts (you're still swinging the Blades of Chaos afterall), action, magic and sex. Oh yeah there's even a little sex in this title. Within the first few minutes of playing this game you get treated to a "subtle" threesome sex game that unlocks extra orbs. Bringing a whole new meaning to a fun handheld game! Bless the devious minds behind the God of War games.

So, you get it all here: Epic bosses to stomp, puzzles to solve and plenty of blade slinging butt whupping. There's even "Lost Levels" footage you can unlock when you complete the Challenges of Hades that give you an idea of what else could've been in the game. My favorite? The room called "the juicer" that was set up with cages. In order to get through it you'd need to collect enemy blood by squeezing it out of them (how freaking cool is that?). I'm hoping this gives us hope for another PSP title.

If you don't own one already, this game is THE reason to go out and buy a PSP. Not to mention its the perfect thing to hold us over until we get God of War 3 for PS3! Its coming, just look at the back of the PSP game guide.

Buffy, Angel and Firefly didn't go away. They're in the same 'verse but now in drawy form.

Yes, we here at the Digital Blast normally focus on gadgets and tech but its good to ensure coverage of all facets of geekery. If the there was ever a Sage for us geeks then its Joss Whedon. He gave us Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which got cancelled after 7 seasons), then Angel (which got cancelled after 5 seasons) and then Firefly (which yes, you guessed it also got cancelled but after its first season). Now those of you not familiar with the shows are probably saying how good could they have been if they got cancelled? But quite the contrary, their success had nothing to do with the networks abandoning the shows but rather with the short sighted, stupid network execs. Of course after the shows were cancelled and the networks realized what kind of content and talent got away it was too late. Those people all moved on to other great roles/jobs. And just to prove how successful those shows still are, the movie Serenity based on the Firefly shoe made big money in the theaters and continues to make money in DVD sales (as do all the Season DVD sets of the TV shows too). Pretty good for a show the networks thought people wouldn't like. By the by, there's also talks of a Buffy and Angel movie in the works and a Wonder Woman movie that will feature a number of Whedon alum.

And for those of you who didn't think the shows were any good. Buffy has been ranked in the top 25 TV shows of all time and featured talent the likes of: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter, James Marsters, Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Amber Benson, Daniel Dae Kim, Laurel Holloman, Eliza Dushku, Alexa Davalos, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau and David Boreanaz. THey all got their start or popularity while on Whedon shows. So he didn't just write/direct great shows, he also had a great eye for talent.
Okay, all that aside I'm here to tell you that our favorite shows live on now but in comic book form. Whedon has hemled to pen and ink adaptation of his shows. Buffy "Season Eight"(by Darkhorse Comics)takes place after the Scooby's leave Sunnydale and all the new Slayers and has been going for over a year now. Angel "After the Fall" (by IDW publishing) takes place after that fateful scence of the show in the alley after Angel decides to kill everything evil and Serenity: Better Days (by Darkhorse Comics also) will bridge the time from the end of the TV show and the beginning of the movie. You can find them at your local comic book store or even in trade paperback form at Barnes and Noble (and online too of course). So check them out and continue to enjoy the stake-y, brown-coat goodness.

I feel funny, like when I used to climb the rope in gym class!

Just to prove its possible for an action movie to give you goosebumps and make you feel funny down there, I give you the new Iron Man movie trailer.

Was that freaking awesome or what?!?!?! I gotta find a better word because anticipation doesn't even come close! This was my the favorite comic book as a child, Tony Stark/Iron Man was the hero I wanted to become and this is the movie that I've been waiting for. To hell with Spidey and the rest, this will be the best comic book movie ever. May 2nd, I'll be taking the day off of work in order to see the first showing of this movie and I'll stay until they throw me out!